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The history of the Royal Society of London, for the Improving of Natural Knowledge

by: Sprat, Thomas, 1635-1713

Publication date: 1667
Topics: Royal Society (Great Britain), English poetry, Intellectual life, Science, Great Britain
Publisher: London : Printed by T.R. for J. Martyn ... and J. Allestry ...
Collection: wellcomelibrary; ukmhl; medicalheritagelibrary; europeanlibraries; medicallibrary
Contributor: Wellcome Library
Language: English
Rights: This work is available under the Creative Commons, Public Domain Mark
Item Size: 1.2G

16 unnumbered pages, 438 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 3 unnumbered leaves of plates (2 folded) : (4to)

Prefatory verse "To the Royal Society" (prelim. p. [9]-[14]) signed: A. Cowley

Signatures: ̳pi̳A-B⁴A-3I⁴

Pages 338-339, 342-343, 370-371, 374-375 incorrectly numbered 337-338, 341-342, 362-363, 366-367 respectively

The arms of the Royal Society printed on verso of permission leaf (̳pi̳A1)

Engraved frontispiece by Hollar, after a design by John Evelyn (perhaps inserted only in part of the edition). Cf. Keynes, G. Evelyn, 178

Head-pieces, initials

"Errata": final leaf (verso blank)

Notes

Addeddate: 2018-06-14 12:20:08
Associated-names: Cowley, Abraham, 1618-1667; Tabor, Charles James, former owner
Collection_added: medicallibrary
External-identifier: urn:oclc:record:1155402353
Foldoutcount: 4
Identifier: b3032760x
Identifier-ark: ark:/13960/t1tf6xc2b
Invoice: 1008
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Pages: 482
Ppi: 300
References: Wing S5032; Osler, W. Bib. Osleriana 6113; ESTC R16577; Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), S5032#
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